On the evening when St Mary’s University, Twickenham announced a partnership with the Weir Archer Academy, para athlete Dillon LaBrooy and his father Gavin spoke to Sports Gazette about the youngster’s wheelchair racing beginnings and his Commonwealth Games debut in Australia.
To say that six-time Paralympian champion David Weir CBE has

With the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the rear-view mirror, it’s remarkable look back at some of the achievements made throughout the games.
The ecstasy of the games broadcasted on national television highlighted a lot of highs and even some lows for athletes whilst out in Australia’s Gold Coast.
Sam Dawkins represented Jersey

With summer just around the corner, Sports Gazette got in touch with professional volleyball player Chloe Collins to give you an insight into what it takes to be an expert in the sport and the difference between playing in America and Europe.
Collins started playing volleyball in the States before deciding

The beauty of the Commonwealth Games lies in the number of athletes competing who can genuinely class themselves as amateurs right at the top of their sport.
Zach Courtney, a man mountain from the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, certainly falls into this category.
Currently studying podiatry at Queen Margaret University on the

It’s not very often that England go into an international sports tournament where they are actually the favourites.
But for Team England’s squash team, there has been a track record of success at the Commonwealth Games.
They have won eight golds since its incorporation into the Games in 1998 - one behind

Captaining your country at a home games - it doesn’t get much better than that for an athlete.
In 2014, Scottish men’s hockey captain Chris Grassick did exactly that at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, an experience he still relishes to this day.
“It was really special,” he said. “It was a proud

Six years ago, Nathan Fox perched on the edge of his bed in a Swedish hotel room, his eyes fixated on a television screen as Super Saturday unfolded. Greg Rutherford – a former training partner of Fox – stormed to a surprise gold medal on the night that illuminated the

Being the best in your country at a particular sport can sometimes come with overwhelming pressures.
And attending your third straight Commonwealth Games could bring extra pressure as well.
But for Charlotte Carey, Team Wales’ Women's Table Tennis No. 1, the pressure is what it’s all about.
“Of course there's pressure of being

The Commonwealth Games are usually a time for happiness and excitement as it offers an excellent viewing platform for athletes that may not usually get that sort of attention.
But for Natalie Powell, Gold Coast 2018 just won’t have the same attraction to her.
Powell won a gold medal while competing for

15 hundredths of a second were all that stood between Hannah Miley and an Olympic medal. Despite a tricky year, the girl from Inverurie is back and ready to defend her crown for the second time at next year’s Commonwealth Games.
After her disappointment in Rio, Miley has spent the past